Luke 18 #catechesis/bible/luke
[!abstract] We must pray always. The Pharisee and the publican. The danger of riches. The blind man is restored to sight.
Book: Luke · ← Luke 17 · Luke 19 →
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GR Ἔλεγεν δὲ παραβολὴν αὐτοῖς πρὸς τὸ δεῖν πάντοτε προσεύχεσθαι αὐτοὺς καὶ μὴ ἐγκακεῖν,
LA Dicebat autem et parabolam ad illos, quoniam oportet semper orare et non deficere,
EN And he spoke also a parable to them, that we ought always to pray and not to faint,
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GR λέγων: κριτής τις ἦν ἔν τινι πόλει τὸν θεὸν μὴ φοβούμενος καὶ ἄνθρωπον μὴ ἐντρεπόμενος.
LA dicens: Judex quidam erat in quadam civitate, qui Deum non timebat, et hominem non reverebatur.
EN saying: There was a judge in a certain city, who feared not God nor regarded man.
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GR χήρα δὲ ἦν ἐν τῇ πόλει ἐκείνῃ, καὶ ἤρχετο πρὸς αὐτὸν λέγουσα: ἐκδίκησόν με ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀντιδίκου μου.
LA Vidua autem quædam erat in civitate illa, et veniebat ad eum, dicens: Vindica me de adversario meo.
EN And there was a certain widow in that city; and she came to him, saying: Avenge me of my adversary.
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[!note]- Avenge…
That is, do me justice. It is a Hebraism.
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GR καὶ οὐκ ἤθελεν ἐπὶ χρόνον: μετὰ ταῦτα δὲ εἶπεν ἐν ἑαυτῷ: εἰ καὶ τὸν θεὸν οὐ φοβοῦμαι οὐδὲ ἄνθρωπον ἐντρέπομαι,
LA Et nolebat per multum tempus. Post hæc autem dixit intra se: Etsi Deum non timeo, nec hominem revereor:
EN And he would not for a long time. But afterwards he said within himself: Although I fear not God nor regard man,
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GR διά γε τὸ παρέχειν μοι κόπον τὴν χήραν ταύτην, ἐκδικήσω αὐτήν, ἵνα μὴ εἰς τέλος ἐρχομένη ὑπωπιάζῃ με.
LA tamen quia molesta est mihi hæc vidua, vindicabo illam, ne in novissimo veniens sugillet me.
EN yet because this widow is troublesome to me, I will avenge her, lest continually coming she weary me.
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GR εἶπεν δὲ ὁ κύριος, ἀκούσατε τί ὁ κριτὴς τῆς ἀδικίας λέγει:
LA Ait autem Dominus: Audite quid judex iniquitatis dicit:
EN And the Lord said: Hear what the unjust judge says.
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GR ὁ δὲ θεὸς οὐ μὴ ποιήσῃ τὴν ἐκδίκησιν τῶν ἐκλεκτῶν αὐτοῦ τῶν βοώντων αὐτῷ ἡμέρας καὶ νυκτός, καὶ μακροθυμεῖ ἐπ’ αὐτοῖς;
LA Deus autem non faciet vindictam electorum suorum clamantium ad se die ac nocte, et patientiam habebit in illis?
EN And will not God revenge his elect who cry to him day and night? And will he have patience in their regard?
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GR λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι ποιήσει τὴν ἐκδίκησιν αὐτῶν ἐν τάχει. πλὴν ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐλθὼν ἆρα εὑρήσει τὴν πίστιν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς;
LA Dico vobis quia cito faciet vindictam illorum. Verumtamen Filius hominis veniens, putas, inveniet fidem in terra?
EN I say to you that he will quickly revenge them. But yet the Son of man, when he comes, shall he find, think you, faith on earth?
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GR Εἶπεν δὲ καὶ πρός τινας τοὺς πεποιθότας ἐφ’ ἑαυτοῖς ὅτι εἰσὶν δίκαιοι καὶ ἐξουθενοῦντας τοὺς λοιποὺς τὴν παραβολὴν ταύτην:
LA Dixit autem et ad quosdam qui in se confidebant tamquam justi, et aspernabantur ceteros, parabolam istam:
EN And to some who trusted in themselves as just and despised others, he spoke also this parable:
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GR Ἄνθρωποι δύο ἀνέβησαν εἰς τὸ ἱερὸν προσεύξασθαι, εἷς Φαρισαῖος καὶ ὁ ἕτερος τελώνης.
LA Duo homines ascenderunt in templum ut orarent: unus pharisæus et alter publicanus.
EN Two men went up into the temple to pray: the one a Pharisee and the other a publican.
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GR ὁ Φαρισαῖος σταθεὶς ταῦτα πρὸς ἑαυτὸν προσηύχετο: ὁ θεός, εὐχαριστῶ σοι ὅτι οὐκ εἰμὶ ὥσπερ οἱ λοιποὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων, ἅρπαγες, ἄδικοι, μοιχοί, ἢ καὶ ὡς οὗτος ὁ τελώνης:
LA Pharisæus stans, hæc apud se orabat: Deus, gratias ago tibi, quia non sum sicut ceteri hominum: raptores, injusti, adulteri, velut etiam hic publicanus:
EN The Pharisee standing, prayed thus with himself: O God, I give you thanks that I am not as the rest of men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, as also is this publican.
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GR νηστεύω δὶς τοῦ σαββάτου, ἀποδεκατεύω πάντα ὅσα κτῶμαι.
LA jejuno bis in sabbato, decimas do omnium quæ possideo.
EN I fast twice in a week: I give tithes of all that I possess.
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GR ὁ δὲ τελώνης μακρόθεν ἑστὼς οὐκ ἤθελεν οὐδὲ τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς ἐπᾶραι εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν, ἀλλ’ ἔτυπτεν τὸ στῆθος ἑαυτοῦ λέγων: ὁ θεός, ἱλάσθητί μοι τῷ ἁμαρτωλῷ.
LA Et publicanus a longe stans, nolebat nec oculos ad cælum levare: sed percutiebat pectus suum, dicens: Deus propitius esto mihi peccatori.
EN And the publican, standing afar off, would not so much as lift up his eyes towards heaven; but struck his breast, saying: O God, be merciful to me a sinner.
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GR λέγω ὑμῖν, κατέβη οὗτος δεδικαιωμένος εἰς τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ παρ’ ἐκεῖνον: ὅτι πᾶς ὁ ὑψῶν ἑαυτὸν ταπεινωθήσεται, ὁ δὲ ταπεινῶν ἑαυτὸν ὑψωθήσεται.
LA Dico vobis, descendit hic justificatus in domum suam ab illo: quia omnis qui se exaltat, humiliabitur, et qui se humiliat, exaltabitur.
EN I say to you, this man went down into his house justified rather than the other: because every one that exalts himself shall be humbled: and he that humbles himself shall be exalted.
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GR Προσέφερον δὲ αὐτῷ καὶ τὰ βρέφη ἵνα αὐτῶν ἅπτηται: ἰδόντες δὲ οἱ μαθηταὶ ἐπετίμων αὐτοῖς.
LA Afferebant autem ad illum et infantes, ut eos tangeret. Quod cum viderent discipuli, increpabant illos.
EN And they brought unto him also infants, that he might touch them. Which when the disciples saw, they rebuked them.
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GR ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς προσεκαλέσατο [αὐτὰ] λέγων: ἄφετε τὰ παιδία ἔρχεσθαι πρός με καὶ μὴ κωλύετε αὐτά: τῶν γὰρ τοιούτων ἐστὶν ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ.
LA Jesus autem convocans illos, dixit: Sinite pueros venire ad me, et nolite vetare eos: talium est enim regnum Dei.
EN But Jesus, calling them together, said: Suffer children to come to me and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.
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GR ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, ὃς ἂν μὴ δέξηται τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ ὡς παιδίον, οὐ μὴ εἰσέλθῃ εἰς αὐτήν.
LA Amen dico vobis, quicumque non acceperit regnum Dei sicut puer, non intrabit in illud.
EN Amen, I say to you: Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a child shall not enter into it.
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GR Καὶ ἐπηρώτησέν τις αὐτὸν ἄρχων λέγων: διδάσκαλε ἀγαθέ, τί ποιήσας ζωὴν αἰώνιον κληρονομήσω;
LA Et interrogavit eum quidam princeps, dicens: Magister bone, quid faciens vitam æternam possidebo?
EN And a certain ruler asked him, saying: Good master, what shall I do to possess everlasting life?
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GR εἶπεν δὲ αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς: τί με λέγεις ἀγαθόν; οὐδεὶς ἀγαθὸς εἰ μὴ εἷς [ὁ] θεός.
LA Dixit autem ei Jesus: Quid me dicis bonum? nemo bonus nisi solus Deus.
EN And Jesus said to him: Why do you call me good? None is good but God alone.
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GR τὰς ἐντολὰς οἶδας: μὴ μοιχεύσῃς, μὴ φονεύσῃς, μὴ κλέψῃς, μὴ ψευδομαρτυρήσῃς, τίμα τὸν πατέρα σου καὶ τὴν μητέρα.
LA Mandata nosti: non occides; non mœchaberis; non furtum facies; non falsum testimonium dices; honora patrem tuum et matrem.
EN You know the commandments: You shall not kill. You shall not commit adultery: You shall not steal: You shall not bear false witness: Honour your father and mother.
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GR ὁ δὲ εἶπεν: ταῦτα πάντα ἐφύλαξα ἐκ νεότητος.
LA Qui ait: Hæc omnia custodivi a juventute mea.
EN Who said: All these things have I kept from my youth.
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GR ἀκούσας δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτῷ: ἔτι ἕν σοι λείπει: πάντα ὅσα ἔχεις πώλησον καὶ διάδος πτωχοῖς, καὶ ἕξεις θησαυρὸν ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς, καὶ δεῦρο ἀκολούθει μοι.
LA Quo audito, Jesus ait ei: Adhuc unum tibi deest: omnia quæcumque habes vende, et da pauperibus, et habebis thesaurum in cælo: et veni, sequere me.
EN Which when Jesus had heard, he said to him: Yet one thing is wanting to you. Sell all whatever you have and give to the poor: and you shall have treasure in heaven. And come, follow me.
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GR ὁ δὲ ἀκούσας ταῦτα περίλυπος ἐγενήθη, ἦν γὰρ πλούσιος σφόδρα.
LA His ille auditis, contristatus est: quia dives erat valde.
EN He having heard these things, became sorrowful: for he was very rich.
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GR ἰδὼν δὲ αὐτὸν [ὁ] Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν: πῶς δυσκόλως οἱ τὰ χρήματα ἔχοντες εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ εἰσπορεύονται:
LA Videns autem Jesus illum tristem factum, dixit: Quam difficile, qui pecunias habent, in regnum Dei intrabunt!
EN And Jesus seeing him become sorrowful, said: How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God:
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GR εὐκοπώτερον γάρ ἐστιν κάμηλον διὰ τρήματος βελόνης εἰσελθεῖν ἢ πλούσιον εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ εἰσελθεῖν.
LA facilius est enim camelum per foramen acus transire quam divitem intrare in regnum Dei.
EN For it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
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GR εἶπαν δὲ οἱ ἀκούσαντες: καὶ τίς δύναται σωθῆναι;
LA Et dixerunt qui audiebant: Et quis potest salvus fieri?
EN And they that heard it said: Who then can be saved?
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GR ὁ δὲ εἶπεν: τὰ ἀδύνατα παρὰ ἀνθρώποις δυνατὰ παρὰ τῷ θεῷ ἐστιν.
LA Ait illis: Quæ impossibilia sunt apud homines, possibilia sunt apud Deum.
EN He said to them: The things that are impossible with men are possible with God.
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GR Εἶπεν δὲ ὁ Πέτρος: ἰδοὺ ἡμεῖς ἀφέντες τὰ ἴδια ἠκολουθήσαμέν σοι.
LA Ait autem Petrus: Ecce nos dimisimus omnia et secuti sumus te.
EN Then Peter said: Behold, we have left all things and have followed you.
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GR ὁ δὲ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς: ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, ὅτι οὐδείς ἐστιν ὃς ἀφῆκεν οἰκίαν ἢ γυναῖκα ἢ ἀδελφοὺς ἢ γονεῖς ἢ τέκνα ἕνεκεν τῆς βασιλείας τοῦ θεοῦ,
LA Qui dixit eis: Amen dico vobis, nemo est qui reliquit domum, aut parentes, aut fratres, aut uxorem, aut filios propter regnum Dei,
EN Who said to them: Amen, I say to you, there is no man that has left home or parents or brethren or wife or children, for the kingdom of God’s sake,
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GR ὃς οὐχὶ μὴ λάβῃ πολλαπλασίονα ἐν τῷ καιρῷ τούτῳ, καὶ ἐν τῷ αἰῶνι τῷ ἐρχομένῳ ζωὴν αἰώνιον.
LA et non recipiat multo plura in hoc tempore, et in sæculo venturo vitam æternam.
EN who shall not receive much more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting.
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GR Παραλαβὼν δὲ τοὺς δώδεκα εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτούς: ἰδοὺ ἀναβαίνομεν εἰς Ἰερουσαλήμ, καὶ τελεσθήσεται πάντα τὰ γεγραμμένα διὰ τῶν προφητῶν τῷ υἱῷ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου:
LA Assumpsit autem Jesus duodecim, et ait illis: Ecce ascendimus Jerosolymam, et consummabuntur omnia quæ scripta sunt per prophetas de Filio hominis:
EN Then Jesus took unto him the twelve and said to them: Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and all things shall be accomplished which were written by the prophets concerning the Son of man.
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GR παραδοθήσεται γὰρ τοῖς ἔθνεσιν καὶ ἐμπαιχθήσεται καὶ ὑβρισθήσεται καὶ ἐμπτυσθήσεται,
LA tradetur enim gentibus, et illudetur, et flagellabitur, et conspuetur:
EN For he shall be delivered to the Gentiles and shall be mocked and scourged and spit upon.
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GR καὶ μαστιγώσαντες ἀποκτενοῦσιν αὐτόν, καὶ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ τρίτῃ ἀναστήσεται.
LA et postquam flagellaverint, occident eum, et tertia die resurget.
EN And after they have scourged him, they will put him to death. And the third day he shall rise again.
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GR καὶ αὐτοὶ οὐδὲν τούτων συνῆκαν, καὶ ἦν τὸ ῥῆμα τοῦτο κεκρυμμένον ἀπ’ αὐτῶν, καὶ οὐκ ἐγίνωσκον τὰ λεγόμενα.
LA Et ipsi nihil horum intellexerunt, et erat verbum istud absconditum ab eis, et non intelligebant quæ dicebantur.
EN And they understood none of these things, and this word was hid from them: and they understood not the things that were said.
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GR Ἐγένετο δὲ ἐν τῷ ἐγγίζειν αὐτὸν εἰς Ἰεριχὼ τυφλός τις ἐκάθητο παρὰ τὴν ὁδὸν ἐπαιτῶν.
LA Factum est autem, cum appropinquaret Jericho, cæcus quidam sedebat secus viam, mendicans.
EN Now it came to pass, when he drew near to Jericho, that a certain blind man sat by the way side, begging.
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GR ἀκούσας δὲ ὄχλου διαπορευομένου ἐπυνθάνετο τί εἴη τοῦτο:
LA Et cum audiret turbam prætereuntem, interrogabat quid hoc esset.
EN And when he heard the multitude passing by, he asked what this meant.
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GR ἀπήγγειλαν δὲ αὐτῷ ὅτι Ἰησοῦς ὁ Ναζωραῖος παρέρχεται.
LA Dixerunt autem ei quod Jesus Nazarenus transiret.
EN And they told him that Jesus of Nazareth was passing by.
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GR καὶ ἐβόησεν λέγων: Ἰησοῦ υἱὲ Δαυίδ, ἐλέησόν με.
LA Et clamavit, dicens: Jesu, fili David, miserere mei.
EN And he cried out, saying: Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me.
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GR καὶ οἱ προάγοντες ἐπετίμων αὐτῷ ἵνα σιγήσῃ: αὐτὸς δὲ πολλῷ μᾶλλον ἔκραζεν: υἱὲ Δαυίδ, ἐλέησόν με.
LA Et qui præibant, increpabant eum ut taceret. Ipse vero multo magis clamabat: Fili David, miserere mei.
EN And they that went before rebuked him, that he should hold his peace: but he cried out much more: Son of David, have mercy on me.
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GR σταθεὶς δὲ Ἰησοῦς ἐκέλευσεν αὐτὸν ἀχθῆναι πρὸς αὐτόν. ἐγγίσαντος δὲ αὐτοῦ ἐπηρώτησεν αὐτόν:
LA Stans autem Jesus jussit illum adduci ad se. Et cum appropinquasset, interrogavit illum,
EN And Jesus standing, commanded him to be brought unto him. And when he had come near, he asked him,
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GR τί σοι θέλεις ποιήσω; ὁ δὲ εἶπεν: κύριε, ἵνα ἀναβλέψω.
LA dicens: Quid tibi vis faciam? At ille dixit: Domine, ut videam.
EN saying; What will you that I do to you? But he said: Lord, that I may see.
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GR καὶ ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτῷ: ἀνάβλεψον: ἡ πίστις σου σέσωκέν σε.
LA Et Jesus dixit illi: Respice, fides tua te salvum fecit.
EN And Jesus said to him: Receive your sight: your faith has made you whole.
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GR καὶ παραχρῆμα ἀνέβλεψεν, καὶ ἠκολούθει αὐτῷ δοξάζων τὸν θεόν. καὶ πᾶς ὁ λαὸς ἰδὼν ἔδωκεν αἶνον τῷ θεῷ.
LA Et confestim vidit, et sequebatur illum magnificans Deum. Et omnis plebs ut vidit, dedit laudem Deo.
EN And immediately he saw and followed him, glorifying God. And all the people, when they saw it, gave praise to God.
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